After their exciting (and excitable!) visit to La Ville Oger, here in Morbihan (Brittany, France) Team Chicken needed a bit of light-hearted fun.
"Our left legs are still all creaky and stiff from hours in the Post Lady's van" they complained.
We had been packing up all our goods and chattels because we're selling almost everything and going traveling for a few years. Milly the Motorhome is waiting patiently outside, ready to roll when we say the word. but ... it meant that life was a little restricted during Team Chicken's visit and there was not much room for running around, getting exercise, and generally getting in trim for their long flight back too the States. There are way too many boxes and paintings and stuff littered around the floor space.
Mr Dog the Pilot had a brilliant idea. He doesn't get much of a chance to show off his piloting skills, so he suggested he give everyone rides on the front of his plane, one by one. Because they had to use all their leg muscles to stay balanced while he flew around, those cramped left legs would soon loosen up.
"Our left legs are still all creaky and stiff from hours in the Post Lady's van" they complained.
We had been packing up all our goods and chattels because we're selling almost everything and going traveling for a few years. Milly the Motorhome is waiting patiently outside, ready to roll when we say the word. but ... it meant that life was a little restricted during Team Chicken's visit and there was not much room for running around, getting exercise, and generally getting in trim for their long flight back too the States. There are way too many boxes and paintings and stuff littered around the floor space.
Mr Dog the Pilot had a brilliant idea. He doesn't get much of a chance to show off his piloting skills, so he suggested he give everyone rides on the front of his plane, one by one. Because they had to use all their leg muscles to stay balanced while he flew around, those cramped left legs would soon loosen up.
Did I mention that this is a very noisy visit that Team Chicken are enjoying? Yeah, well, it never seems to stop!
The racket that little yellow airplane made as it whizzed through tunnels of boxes, narrowly missing getting the wings caught on the handles of bags holding books, and doing the loop-da-loop at break-neck speed between the huge, ancient beams on the ceiling ... was simply incredible! Not to mention the squeals of delight and screeches of terror which seemed to alternate as each member of Team Chicken enjoyed their turn and begged for more, scuffling and niggling in the queue.
"Me next!"
"No! You've just had a turn!"
"Didn't"
"Did. Saw you."
"Hey! Don't elbow me!"
I must say, Mr Dog is actually quite the pilot! He never lost control once, kept his passengers well balanced, and clung tightly to their legs during the upside-down bit of the loop-da-loops so they wouldn't fall off. There was a huge round of applause for him when he finally called in tired and shoo-ed the fun-loving chickens out of their expectant queue.
Finally, there was quiet in the house and an exhausted Team Chicken had a good sleep before they caught their flight back home to Pandalana.
What an absolute delight it had been to host such a feisty and fun-loving crew.
Lynda Cookson
Her artwork can be found here: http://WildSummers.com
and her writing here: http://roadtripswithmilly.blogspot.fr/
and here: http://paintingsonimpulse.blogspot.fr/
Josselin - France
Josselin - France
Lynda, your painting and story are DELIGHTFUL! So bright, happy, and adventurous! I hope your travels in "Milly the Motorhome" will be just as exciting.
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